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Wayne's World | 
| Actors: Dan Bell, Lara Flynn Boyle, Colleen Camp, Tia Carrere, Dana Carvey
Studio: Paramount
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Rating:  94 reviews
Sales Rank: 19789
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Ntsc
Language: English (Original Language)
Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Media: VHS Tape
Number Of Items: 1
Running Time: 95 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.4
Dimensions (in): 7.3 x 4.2 x 1.1
ISBN: 6302732891
UPC: 097363270638
EAN: 9786302732894
ASIN: 6302732891
Theatrical Release Date: February 14, 1992
Release Date: February 6, 2001
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TV's Saturday Night Live has been like the evil twin of the legendary alchemist's stone, which supposedly could turn lead into gold. SNL usually does the opposite, taking rich comic premises from short skits and extrapolating them into overblown and unfunny full-length films. ("The Coneheads"? Puh-leeze!) But this film proved to be the exception, thanks to Mike Myers's wonderfully rude lowbrow humor and his full-bodied understanding of who his character is. Wayne Campbell (Myers) and his nerdy pal Garth (Dana Carvey) are teens who live at home and have their own low-rent cable-access show in Aurora, Illinios, in which they celebrate their favorite female movie stars and heavy-metal bands. When a Chicago TV station smells a potential youth-audience ratings hit, the station's weasely executive (Rob Lowe) tries to coopt the show--and steal Wayne's new rock & roll girlfriend (Tia Carrere) at the same time. It's filled with all kinds of knowing spoofs of movie conventions, from Wayne talking to the camera (and forbidding other characters to do so) to hilariously self-conscious product placements and labeling a moment a "Gratuitous Sex Scene." Dumb--and very funny. --Marshall Fine
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 "We're Not Worthy! We're Not Worthy!!!" January 18, 2006
Ramsis Lion (Long Island, NY USA)
7 out of 9 found this review helpful
Based on the very popular Saturday Night Live sketch of the same name, Wayne's World stars Mike Myers and Dana Carvey as Wayne and Garth, two young adults who put on their own live local access TV show in their town of Aurora. The two will invite guests on to their show, talk of rock bands and music and of course talk about everything dealing with sexy women.
The film pretty much takes place as if we have known who Wayne and Garth are all along and shows us what it's like to live as them in their small Illinois town. Crusing the streets in the "Merth Mobile" singing Bohemian Rapsody with a few friends and eating donuts at their favorite hang out are just a few of the daily routines the duo go through after they finish with their show.
A local young and up coming Television Producer named Benjamin (Rob Lowe) catches their show one day and decides that Wayne's World will be the perfect show to put onto regular TV along with a sponsor. Of course he has to talk the two of them into doing it, nothing that two $5000 checks can't help. Along the way Wayne meets the love of his life, Cassandra, (Tia Carrere) a young asian rock singer who is just trying to get a break into the big time music business with her band. Wayne and Cassandra hit it off and it's a match made in heaven. But of course Ben also seems to take an intrest in Cassandra and Wayne starts to become jealous. He loses everything due to him.. his TV show, Garth's friendship, his girl.. how will he fix everything get his girl a contract and will he live happily ever after or will Ben and Cassandra wind up together on some tropical island leaving Wayne and Garth with nothing? Well you will just have to watch and see for yourself won't you?
This movie was a hit and for good reason. The characters contrast each other quite well. Wayne is smart and charismatic and tells it like it is while always showing his jealous side and Garth is the loyal sidekick who is soft spoken and smart but doesn't have much to say but when he does, it's usually something out there that will make you wonder where he came up with such things. This movie put Queen's Bohemian Rhapsody back in the minds of everyone due to the hillarious situation with them singing said song as they cruise the neighborhood. It just takes random moments and turns them into something fun. Whether its at a donut shop or behind the scenes of an Alice cooper concert everywhere we are taken is an enjoyable and often funny moment. The two stars seem to realize they aren't even in a real situation, often talking to the cameras as if they were talking to the camera man personaly and they even decide they want to change an ending if they don't like it. It has the same charm that Myers' Austin Powers movies have where we can't think too deeply into it or you lose the joke of the situation we are trapped in.
The film is short and to the point, as most good slapstick type comedies (Scary Movie and Naked Gun for instance) should be. It will have our attention and while it may not be the most creative or original of moments, they just work really well. It's not easy to take a short SNL sketch and turn it into not one but two hit movies. A lot of attempts were made (coneheads and It's Pat and more..) and failed miserably. Here is proof that when you have a good script, good actors and funny moments a TV sketch turned full length comedy will work quite well.
The only special features are a commentary by the director and a few short tidbits given to us by the actors of the film about things we may be interested in that happend during the movie. Could have been more but for the price the movie alone is more then enough.
Definitely give it a view. You won't be sorry you did. Sure you will get a new apprecaition of Queen and donuts but when the guy still living his his mom's basement and doesn't have a real job ends up with the hot chick at the end, it's never a bad thing now is is :).
 Extreme close up! July 16, 2001
Joe J Barclay (Chula Vista, CA)
6 out of 6 found this review helpful
Wayne Campbell (Mike Myers) and Garth Algar (Dana Carvey) have a television show on a public access station that they film in thier basement. A producer (Rob Lowe) buys the show and puts it on his network. But little do Wayne and Garth know that he plans to exploit the show and takes Wayne's girlfriend Casandra (Tia Carrere).This is the best SNL movie ever and is filled with lots of memorable lines and scenes. This was filmed on a small budget but was a major sucess. There are plenty of famous people in small roles like Chris Farley, Laura Flynn Boyle, Alice Cooper and Ed O'neil to name a few. The DVD is presented in widescreen and in DD 5.1 surround. It also contains a featurete filled with interviews and clips from the movie and the theatrical trailer.
Before there was Austin Powers, There was Wayne Campbell! August 18, 1999
John E. Kilduff (Greenwood Lake, New York)
5 out of 5 found this review helpful
We all know that Austin Powers was a funny movie, but the way the press prattles on and on about it, you'd never know that there was life before Austin. Let me take you back to 1992 B.A.P (Before Austin Powers): Mike Myers takes a "Saturday Night Live" sketch to the big screen. The sketch was called "Wayne's World", and the movie version was greeted with major box office and critical praise (Excellent!). This movie kicks serious a--! The jokes are funny, even after you've seen it 50 times! The performaces are wonderful! The lines are classic! It's just such a great movie! It'll bring you up when you feel down! So, in conclusion, this movie sucks...NOT!
Good Movie November 18, 1999
4 out of 6 found this review helpful
This movie definately set the trend for at least 4 films that followed. It's a great comedy which doesn't stop at the punch line but goes the extra mile. Tia Carrene is certainly "worthy". And contributes big time to the comic aspect of this movie. If you like Tia she does a great nude scene in SHOWDOWN IN LITTLE TOYKO (hot).
It makes me feel kinda funny June 29, 2004
Daniel Jolley (Shelby, North Carolina USA)
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
Long before the world ever heard of Austin Powers, Mike Myers was infusing pop culture with the catch phrases and wild doings of Wayne Campbell and hastening the move of multiple Saturday Night Live characters to the big screen over the course of succeeding years. Wayne and his trusty sidekick Garth raked up at the box office and left us with a classic comedy that will be making people laugh for years to come. Aside from all the Wayne-isms and Garth-isms, this movie changed forever the way we listen to a number of classic rock songs. Okay - let's review. Wayne lives in his parents' basement, but it's okay because he and his buddy Garth have their very own public access show on their local cable station in Aurora, Illinois. Wayne thinks his dream of doing Wayne's World for a living (and thus escaping from the world of name tags and hair nets) has come true when he gets an offer to do the show on a Chicago TV station, but there's a certain matter with the fine print. Will Wayne sell out? Yeah. And monkeys might fly out of my butt. Myers and Carvey take their SNL trademark routines as far as they can, going a little too far once or twice (as with the Scooby Doo and Mega-happy endings - although they did make possible the much-appreciated Tia Carrere bikini scene), and it's not hard to see why: Wayne's World was the most popular SNL skit for a good two to three years running. The film has a surprising number of familiar faces: besides the aforementioned Tia Carrere, you get Rob Lowe (fresh off a certain little infamous home movie), Brian Doyle-Murray, Ed O'Neill, Lara Flynn Boyle, Donna Dixon, and - making cameo appearances - Chris Farley, Meatloaf, and Alice Cooper. Of course, Mike Myers and Dana Carvey take center stage at all times. They satirize everything, from Grey Poupon commercials to the entertainment industry, to themselves. There are a number of memorable scenes: the Bohemian Rhapsody bit as the guys cruise town in the Mirth-mobile, Garth's Foxy Lady dance number (many of us will never be able to listen to that classic Jimi Hendrix tune the same way again), all of the Dreamweaver moments, the Laverne & Shirley take-off trip to Milwaukee, Wayne's Marilyn Monroe impersonation, and others. Whether you knew it or not, you were exposed to Wayne's World lingo throughout the 90s, so if you haven't seen the movie, isn't it time you learn why you should have laughed at all those jokes you didn't understand way back then?
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